After a shake-up to the status quo last week, things mostly return to normal

Three! Three! Three challenges in one!

Aging as a queer person brings surprising shifts in friendship

ANALYSIS: The “Fast Car” hype misses why the singer-songwriter has been an icon to queer women for decades

“Barbie” this, “Oppenheimer” that—what about “Bottoms” and “All of Us Strangers”?

The underdogs winning this week makes for major upheaval on the charts

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ANALYSIS: Between her appearance with Tucker Carlson and parental rights policies, the Alberta premier has clearly committed

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The film is genuinely fun, freaky and frightening—but the lack of consistency can leave viewers feeling lost

A surprising winner means we have a new queen leading the power ranking pack

“With musical guest RuPaul,” you say?

ANALYSIS: Controversy surrounding the AI-altered version of Keith Haring’s “Unfinished Painting” stirred up now-familiar questions about the ethics of AI-generated art

As writers abandon Substack en masse, here are some queer and trans writers you can now subscribe to guilt-free

Why a 30-year-old film talks circles around its modern cousins

We’ve finally got our whole crop of 14 queens to rank—just in time for one to go home

The Mother of All Balls produces some surprisingly strong results for a mega-ball

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